Mark ANTAR
Turbo Tüftler
Here's the official press release with some nice hi-res images!
http://media.mclarenautomotive.com/release/293/
The McLaren P1 (codenamed P12) is a flagship sports car produced by McLaren Automotive. It is the second installment in McLaren's Ultimate Series after the McLaren F1. Considered to be the spiritual successor to the F1, the P1 was one of the first high performance sports cars to be introduced incorporating hybrid technology; the Porsche 918 Spyder having begun taking orders prior to the P1 and the LaFerrari introduced alongside it.
Here's the official press release with some nice hi-res images!
http://media.mclarenautomotive.com/release/293/
Rainer271
Kraftwagen König
McLaren P1 GTR rendered as road-legal model
Road-legal McLaren P1 GTR render / David Kiss / Top Speed
Conversion could happen
Fueled by the announcement of a street-legal conversion, our friends at TopSpeed have envisioned the McLaren P1 GTR as a supercar homologated for public roads.
The news of a road conversion for the P1 GTR came as a surprise since we weren't aware McLaren was planning to expand the lineup of its range-topping model. It won't be a McLaren project per se as the work will mostly be handled by Lanzante while the British marque will only provide assistance to make sure everything goes smoothly.
The road-going P1 GTR will address a very limited crowd as McLaren has sold up until now more than 40 units of the track beast. The first conversions will be available for customers living in Europe and Middle Eastern countries, but Lanzante is also considering offering their services to P1 GTR owners from other regions of the world.
Source: topspeed
Road-legal McLaren P1 GTR render / David Kiss / Top Speed
Conversion could happen
Fueled by the announcement of a street-legal conversion, our friends at TopSpeed have envisioned the McLaren P1 GTR as a supercar homologated for public roads.
The news of a road conversion for the P1 GTR came as a surprise since we weren't aware McLaren was planning to expand the lineup of its range-topping model. It won't be a McLaren project per se as the work will mostly be handled by Lanzante while the British marque will only provide assistance to make sure everything goes smoothly.
The road-going P1 GTR will address a very limited crowd as McLaren has sold up until now more than 40 units of the track beast. The first conversions will be available for customers living in Europe and Middle Eastern countries, but Lanzante is also considering offering their services to P1 GTR owners from other regions of the world.
Source: topspeed
hoffmeister_fan
Kraftwagen König
JHF
Driving Dynamics Pro
Street-Legal McLaren P1 GTR Conversion Details Surface, Changes Listed - Updated
Leave it to the world of supercars/hypercars to convince us it's normal to take a street car-based racecar and convert it back to road use. We need to look no further than the mental McLaren P1 GTR when seeking an example and we now have the shopping list required to bring one of Woking's customer racecars back to street spec.
The story kicked off in April last year, when British racing specialist Lazante let it slip that it would be bringing P1 GTR to street specification. No, memory isn't cheating you - McLaren is indeed building just 35 examples of the P1 GTR and the track-confined version is only sold to existing P1 customers.
With the British carmaker having built 375 units of its hybrid halo car, the P1 GTR production number above makes perfect sense. And while we can't say the same about a proposal that aims to see the GTR returning to the street, we want to go through the exact changes that happen during the process.
Asked about the requirements of such a conversion last year, Dean Lazante, the team's head honcho, offered a generalized answer, explaining each conversion has to take into account the regulations that apply in the area where a certain customer aims to use his vehicle.
Nevertheless, Dutch car photographer Mats Bulters now claims he got his hands on the to-do list one year ago and has recently published this on his Facebook page.
The list, which, as far as we can tell, appears to be legit, can be found in the gallery below. However, some of its elements seem simpler to cope with than others.
You see, the extra performance delivered by the GTR is not that easy to offer when the machine has to comply with street regulations, simply because most of the advance compared to the standard P1 has been achieved thanks to the liberties of the track specifications. Nevertheless, let's move on to the details.
For instance, it's not difficult to understand why the ECU would go from an open to a closed source in order to protect Mclaren. And measures such as extra heat insulation, a ride height raised to the minimal value allowed by the law or a "normal" fuel filler system fall into the same category.
Nevertheless, there are a few items that come with what appears to be a less-than-orthodox tag (read: "For inspection only. Remove after inspection.")
We're taking about stuff such as the catalytic converter and silencers fitted to the exhaust. Does this mean the plan is to temporarily install these elements and then remove them, so that the street-worthy racecar would be driven without them?
We've reached out to the Hampshire-based motorsport specialist for a few answers.
Should any of you be wondering about the relationship between Lanzante Motorsport and McLaren, we'll remind you that Dean's father, Paul, is the man who miraculously won Le Mans in a Mclaren F1 GTR back in 1995, so the tradition is strong here.
And since an exotic vehicle dealership in Italy listed a street-legal P1 GTR for EUR6.34 million back in October last year ($7.2 million at that time's conversion rates), somebody might be enjoying their Big Mac on the road as you are reading this.
Update: We've spoken to Dean Lanzante, who explained the unusual inspection-related tag mentioned above comes from a conversion list covering the car of a customer who wanted to track his machine after all, which is why certain elements would be removed.
Lanzante's helm man added that the company has delivered two street-legal P1 GTRs so far, with one going to Dubai (where elese?) and one to Japan. Europeans shouldn't fret, as the Old Continent is getting is fair share of Woking beasts - four GTRs have already been brought to road specification and are awaiting inspection.
Street-Legal McLaren P1 GTR Conversion Details Surface, Changes Listed [Updated]
Leave it to the world of supercars/hypercars to convince us it's normal to take a street car-based racecar and convert it back to road use. We need to look no further than the mental McLaren P1 GTR when seeking an example and we now have the shopping list required to bring one of Woking's customer racecars back to street spec.
The story kicked off in April last year, when British racing specialist Lazante let it slip that it would be bringing P1 GTR to street specification. No, memory isn't cheating you - McLaren is indeed building just 35 examples of the P1 GTR and the track-confined version is only sold to existing P1 customers.
With the British carmaker having built 375 units of its hybrid halo car, the P1 GTR production number above makes perfect sense. And while we can't say the same about a proposal that aims to see the GTR returning to the street, we want to go through the exact changes that happen during the process.
Asked about the requirements of such a conversion last year, Dean Lazante, the team's head honcho, offered a generalized answer, explaining each conversion has to take into account the regulations that apply in the area where a certain customer aims to use his vehicle.
Nevertheless, Dutch car photographer Mats Bulters now claims he got his hands on the to-do list one year ago and has recently published this on his Facebook page.
The list, which, as far as we can tell, appears to be legit, can be found in the gallery below. However, some of its elements seem simpler to cope with than others.
You see, the extra performance delivered by the GTR is not that easy to offer when the machine has to comply with street regulations, simply because most of the advance compared to the standard P1 has been achieved thanks to the liberties of the track specifications. Nevertheless, let's move on to the details.
For instance, it's not difficult to understand why the ECU would go from an open to a closed source in order to protect Mclaren. And measures such as extra heat insulation, a ride height raised to the minimal value allowed by the law or a "normal" fuel filler system fall into the same category.
Nevertheless, there are a few items that come with what appears to be a less-than-orthodox tag (read: "For inspection only. Remove after inspection.")
We're taking about stuff such as the catalytic converter and silencers fitted to the exhaust. Does this mean the plan is to temporarily install these elements and then remove them, so that the street-worthy racecar would be driven without them?
We've reached out to the Hampshire-based motorsport specialist for a few answers.
Should any of you be wondering about the relationship between Lanzante Motorsport and McLaren, we'll remind you that Dean's father, Paul, is the man who miraculously won Le Mans in a Mclaren F1 GTR back in 1995, so the tradition is strong here.
And since an exotic vehicle dealership in Italy listed a street-legal P1 GTR for EUR6.34 million back in October last year ($7.2 million at that time's conversion rates), somebody might be enjoying their Big Mac on the road as you are reading this.
Update: We've spoken to Dean Lanzante, who explained the unusual inspection-related tag mentioned above comes from a conversion list covering the car of a customer who wanted to track his machine after all, which is why certain elements would be removed.
Lanzante's helm man added that the company has delivered two street-legal P1 GTRs so far, with one going to Dubai (where elese?) and one to Japan. Europeans shouldn't fret, as the Old Continent is getting is fair share of Woking beasts - four GTRs have already been brought to road specification and are awaiting inspection.
Street-Legal McLaren P1 GTR Conversion Details Surface, Changes Listed [Updated]
hoffmeister_fan
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mihc
Subscriber
And interstingly in this same issue he drove BMW M6 GT3 race version, and compared them a bit. He said that over a lap on a racetrack that they should be equally fast on most circuits. M6 GT3 would have advantage in corners because of the monster grip it has, the P1 would murder it on straights and faster stuff, that's what he said...
hoffmeister_fan
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Bucketslash11
Das Beste Enthusiast
Zafiro
Supreme Roadmaster
I took these videos this summer. P1 GTR chasing Ferrari FXX.
Loudest car that day? Ferrari FXX. Laferrari and P1 was quite in comparison.
More photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126479146@N07/albums/72157670342542923
Loudest car that day? Ferrari FXX. Laferrari and P1 was quite in comparison.
More photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126479146@N07/albums/72157670342542923
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
I took these videos this summer. P1 GTR chasing Ferrari FXX.
Loudest car that day? Ferrari FXX. Laferrari and P1 was quite in comparison.
More photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126479146@N07/albums/72157670342542923
Nice photos. The down shifts of the FXX are something else!
Zafiro
Supreme Roadmaster
Very close to Kimi old F1 car from year 2008 which they did a couple of laps with.
kingjr9000
Das Beste Enthusiast
The BAC Mono is faster than the McLaren P1 GTR
The flyweight British sports car has jumped to the top of evo magazine's fastest lap board at the Anglesey Circuit, beating the P1 GTR by a whole second.
The BAC Mono has put in another giant-killing performance, jumping to the top of evo magazine’s fastest lap board.
With journalist and extremely handy historic racer Richard Meaden behind the wheel, the British-made Mono lapped the Anglesey Coastal Circuit - evo’s preferred test track - in 1:07.70, a whole second faster than the monstrous McLaren P1 GTR managed just last month.
The Coastal layout at the Anglesey Circuit, named after its island home just off the coast of Wales, is notoriously tricky. It’s fast, technical, and features a fearsome, downhill corkscrew near the end of the 1.55-mile (2.49 kilometers) lap. The outright lap record stands at 1:01.741, set by club racer Sylvester Mullins in his Judd-engined Gould GR37 single-seater.
Perhaps most astonishing of all, the Mono is entirely road legal, unlike the P1 GTR and the third-placed Radical RXC Turbo 500, which could only manage a 1:10.50 lap. The likes of the McLaren P1, Porsche 918 Spyder, and Ferrari 458 Speciale don’t even get a look in, all being at least three-and-a-half seconds slower than the little Mono.
Now into its second generation, the Mono is powered by a Ford Duratec-based, 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine, built by Mountune, that serves up 309 horsepower (230 kilowatts) and 229 pound-feet (310 Newton meters) of torque. In a car that weighs just 1,279 pounds (580 kilograms), thanks to the use of high-tech materials like graphene.
BAC quotes a 0 to 60 miles per hour time of just 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 170 mph (274 kilometers per hour).
The Mono also holds the road car record for the Goodwood hill climb course, and the Top Gear test track. It even lapped the Hungaroring some nine seconds quicker than the 458 Speciale on a 1:54.00 - only about 31 seconds off Kimi Raikkonen’s lap record during this year’s Grand Prix.
BAC co-founder Neill Briggs said: “We are incredibly proud of this achievement. Our talented team work tirelessly to make the Mono the ultimate driver’s car, and it certainly proved its worth with evo.”
Driver Meaden added: “The record lap felt very quick, but even I was shocked by just how quick it was. Beating the McLaren P1 GTR by that much is simply staggering.”
The Mono’s lap features in issue 229 of evo - on sale now - and a film of the lap will be posted on the magazine’s Youtube channel next week.
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